I caught this phrase scrawled on Woody Paige‘s blackboard last night on Around the Horn (one of the few television shows I watch somewhat regularly). I love it. Glenn Campbell on “stupidity”: During our childhood, we are given a certain...
Fred Brooks’ The Mythical Man Month is one of my favorite software engineering books. I first read it in my senior software engineering class at Rutgers. From time to time in my daily routine of software implementaion, I flash back...
While reading his article from the NY Times on The 11 Best Foods You Aren’t Eating, my curiosity regarding sardines was piqued. Like most people (I’m just guessing here), sardines aren’t on my shopping list…ever. So I had to google...
My house backs a small forest. So from time to time, we get some interesting visitors. I saved these guys while I was mowing the lawn…I hope I didn’t kill any of their siblings :-S I briefly considered feeding them...
I like this Kamen interview: Outfitting wounded veterans with dramatically better prosthetic limbs has been an emotional and rewarding journey for famed inventor Dean Kamen. But the project that has the biggest hold on his heart is a nonprofit called...
I usually have problems spending more than a few dollars on anything non-functional. For example, art or posters (which to my wife’s chagrin, leaves most of the walls in our house bare). However — for a moment — I actually...
It’s more rare these days, but I realized I had a total geek moment as I was walking back to my office after eating cheese and crackers for dinner because I was too busy working on reviving a 6 year...
I’m in awe of Joe Louis at this moment and a little bit ashamed that prior to this evening, I’d known almost next to nothing about the man. Joe Louis: America’s Hero…Betrayed is an amazing documentary, telling the story of...
“Network Apologizes For Mocking Athol” http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/06/ap/strange/main3915750.shtml (AP) A cable sports network says it no longer will make Athol the butt of its jokes. Comcast SportsNet said Thursday it would pull a newspaper ad that leaders of the small central Massachusetts town...
Chris Ballard has an excellent essay on the art, history, and mystery of the dunk. Like a sizable chunk of sporting America, I remain intrigued by the dunk, even if I’m not always sure why. After all, I’ve seen a...